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Home Prices Down in Scotch Plains

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Real Estate Agent with Remax First Realty II 0790808

About 23,000 people live in the beautiful Union County town of Scotch Plains. Many of those people take advantage of the 45 minute easy commute via New Jersey Transit to Manhattan. Public school children in Scotch Plains are served by the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District and attend Howard B. Brunner Elementary School, J. Ackerman Coles School, Evergreen School, William J. McGinn School, School One, Park Middle School, Terrill Middle School, and Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School. The Union County Vocational Technical Schools are in Scotch Plains as is Union Catholic Regional High School.

 

Inventory: There are 63 homes offered for sale in Scotch Plains, ranging in price from $199,999 to $799,000. Inventory is a little low - on average, 138 homes are on sale at any given time in Scotch Plains. Twenty two homes were sold in December. 

 

 

Pricing: The average sale price of a home in Scotch Plains in December was $449,445, slightly lower than the 2013 average of $491,445 and lower than the average of $517,814 in December of 2012. Scotch Plains remains one of the highest market values of Union County.

 

How long does it take to sell a home: Scotch Plains homes sell faster than most Union County homes - in December, the average Scotch Plains sold home had been on the market for 53 days and the average for 2013 was 63 days. The county average was 76 days in 2013.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Team Zuhl is here to help you every step of the way. Please call or email us when you're ready to get your home on the market! Good luck!

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~ Wayne & Jean 

Union County, NJ - a great place to live and work!

If you're looking to buy or sell a property in Union County, call us at 908-917-4189 or email TeamZuhl@gmail.com.

 

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Beth and Richard Witt
New York, NY
The best Retired Brokers !!!!

Excellent report... surprised to hear that prices are falling, is you listen to the news the real estate market is moving up... Happy Day

Jan 24, 2014 11:02 PM
Jody Siano
Keller Williams Princeton - Princeton, NJ
With You Every Step

I simply 100% love how you worte this blog and spelled it so every for the everyday person to understand.  Instead of saying "days on Market", you wrote "how long will it take to sell your home.  Mind if I borrow that phrase?  It's so good.

Jan 24, 2014 11:42 PM
Adrian Willanger
206 909-7536 AdrianWillanger-broker.com - Seattle, WA
Profit from my two decades of experience

Wayne and Jean-interesting market, hopefully the number of listings will pick up once the weather breaks. 

Jan 25, 2014 03:49 AM
Wayne Zuhl
Remax First Realty II - Cranford, NJ
The Last Name You'll Ever Need in Real Estate

Of course we wouldn't mind, Jody - we're flattered that you like it :)

Thanks for visiting, Richard and Beth - Union County has pockets of slower markets.

Thanks, Adrian - we hope so, too!

Jan 25, 2014 09:07 PM